Table of Contents

Preface vii

Part I Reading and Rehearsing in the Repertory Church

1 Finding Something True 3

Reading Alone and Reading Together

2 Setting The Stage 16

Getting in Motion and Reading the Verbs

3 Reading the Verbs 32

Jumping Right in with Ten Conversation Starters

4 Rehearsing a Text 51

Reading in Wolf Suits with Ten Things to Trg

5 Playing Fair 69

Digging in Sandboxes with Ten Rules of Etiquette

6 Saying Something True 84

Six Questions to Lead Us from Reading to Speaking

Part II Encountering Scripture in the Repertory Church

7 Asking New Questions 103

Reading and Rehearsing Mark 5

8 Staying in the Scene 122

Reading and Rehearsing 2 Samuel 13

9 Changing One Verb 144

Reading and Rehearsing Exodus 3

10 A Truth for the World 155

Reading and Rehearsing the Book of Esther

Five More Tools for Rehearsing Scripture

Appendix 1 Gathering 167

A Group Process for Reading the Verbs

Appendix 2 Numbering 170

Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, and Ratios

Appendix 3 Encountering 176

An Example of a Reading in Progress

Appendix 4 Speaking 192

A Group Process for Asking the Six Questions

Appendix 5 Sharing 195

An Example of the Six Questions in Progress